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MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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Midnight Cowboy (1969) The big deal about this film is the fact that it was the first X-rated movie to win Best Picture (BTW it was re-rated R in 1971 without being reedited). Otherwise it just doesn’t hold up. Sylvia Miles 6-minute performance received a Best Supporting Actress nomination?! Though not a strong year for “Great Movies” I’d have voted for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) instead. Director John [...]
Girl Most Likely The (1957)

Girl Most Likely The (1957)

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Girl Most Likely The (1957) This musical version of Tom Dick and Harry (1941) is one of the few remakes which is better than the original and Jane Powell is the reason. Her characterization of the title character Dodie is far superior to Ginger Rogers’s performance in the first movie. Directed by (Academy Award nominated art director) Mitchell Leisen with a screenplay by Devery Freeman (based on Paul Jarrico’s original Oscar nominated [...]
LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA (1962)

Light in the Piazza (1962)

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Light in the Piazza (1962) Directed by Oscar winning cinematographer Guy Green (Great Expectations (1946)) and with a screenplay from Julius Epstein (Casablanca (1942)) this average drama features a recognizable cast and tear-jerking story. Olivia de Havilland plays a mother whose beautiful twenty something daughter played by the perfect actress for the part – Yvette Mimieux is emotionally immature. While vacationing in Italy the two are [...]
RED SHOES THE (1948)

Red Shoes The (1948)

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Red Shoes The (1948) Directed and written by frequent collaborators Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (49th Parallel (1941)) who adapted it from a Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale this essential drama is the story of a young woman (Moira Shearer in her film debut) determined to make it as a prima ballerina and having the talent to make it. But of course love interrupts her quest for perfection introducing the age old [...]
Lifeboat (1944)

Lifeboat (1944)

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Lifeboat (1944) Alfred Hitchcock received his second of five unrewarded Best Director Academy Award nominations for this creative war drama that was written by John Steinbeck who earned his first (of three unrewarded) Best Writing Oscar nomination for his Original Story. Glen MacWilliams received his only Academy recognition when his B&W Cinematography was Oscar nominated. Jo Swerling (The Pride of the Yankees (1942)) wrote the film’s [...]
CAMEO PERFORMANCES (MOVIES THAT WERE LOADED)

Cameo Performances (movies that were loaded)

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Cameo Performances (movies that were loaded) There was a time when (and a reason for) Hollywood’s studios made movies that were stuffed with countless performances – or frequently just appearances – by film and/or stage actors comedians singers and other personalities. While the formula was used to sell tickets (and sometimes war bonds) the resulting movies are largely curios that captured the spirit of their times which serve [...]
VALLEY OF DECISION THE (1945) – FULL REVIEW!

Valley of Decision The (1945) – full review!

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Valley of Decision The (1945) – full review! Directed by Tay Garnett and boasting a screenplay by Sonya Levien (Interrupted Melody (1955)) and John Meehan (Boys Town (1938)) this above average drama features an all-star cast which includes Greer Garson (Mrs. Miniver (1942)) Gregory Peck (To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)) Donald Crisp (How Green Was My Valley (1941)) Lionel Barrymore (A Free Soul (1931)) and Jessica Tandy (Driving Miss Daisy [...]
RAINTREE COUNTY (1957) – FULL REVIEW!

Raintree County (1957) – full review!

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Raintree County (1957) – full review! Directed by Edward Dmytryk (Crossfire (1947)) with a screenplay by Millard Kaufman (Take the High Ground! (1953) & Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)) this average Civil War era drama received 4 Oscar nominations including Elizabeth Taylor’s first for Best Actress. The cast also includes three time Best Actor nominee Montgomery Clift Eva Marie Saint (On the Waterfront (1954)) Nigel Patrick Lee [...]
MEMORABLE FILM DEBUTS

Memorable Film Debuts

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Memorable Film Debuts What are some of the most memorable first acts in the movies? In this essay my goal is to compile a list of the best first film performances from classic actors and actresses. Many would go on to greater heights while some would never again meet or exceed the high standard they set for themselves in their movie debut. It’s interesting to see how some of the best actors & actresses of the Golden Age of Cinema began [...]
ROBERTA (1935)

Roberta (1935)

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Roberta (1935) Pretty good Fred (Astaire) & Ginger (Rogers) film featuring Randolph Scott and Irene Dunne as its romantic leads. Directed by William Seiter this comedy Musical includes the Oscar nominated song “Lovely to Look at” though I think the highlight is Dunne’s singing of “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”. Helen Westley is a businesswoman in Paris who also happens to be Scott’s aunt; Dunne’s [...]
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